Gun free zones

[sas PM9]

Guys and Gals:

The NRA annual meeting is in Louisville on May 19 - 22. I'm close to there and I plan to attend.

The actual convention center is not posted as a gun free zone ( as far as I know ), but I was hoping to catch Toby Keith when he is in town, however the venue, KFC Yum! center IS posted as a gun free zone and they have metal detectors set up to back it up!

I absolutely refuse to go to a venue that is requiring me to disarm to attend. Anyone else?

BTW, I just got back from a visit to St. Croix USVI, and they do not honor CC permits from the states. I felt naked the whole time. Snorkeling there is fantastic though.

-steve

[marshal kane]

Naked is OK especially if you found Virginians.

[berettabone]

I also will not go anywhere I am prohibited from carrying my firearm. Too many other places to enjoy that don't infringe on my rights............................................ .......

[sharpetop]

I remember reading somewhere that Toby Keith's restaurant in Cincinnati [I believe], bans firearms. I don't have a link or source but will see if I can find it.

[landman]

gun free zones are soft targets for the bad guys.

[Barth]

Gun Free Zone!

[johnchap2]

Lots of luck if you have to go to a hospital in northern Virginia or, indeed, other places of similar importance such as a courthouse or US Post Office property (banned anywhere on the property and not just in the building) where guns are banned. At the least/most in can be inconvenient -- such as where do you stash the firearm while you are in there. On US Post Office property you cannot simply leave it in your car legally if it is parked on actual Post Office property.

[downtownv]

Wait we're talking "Concealed" carry right?

[yqtszhj]

Wait we're talking "Concealed" carry right?

+1 to that. That's what I'm thinking.

[b4uqzme]

You cannot conceal in post offices or govt buildings around here = metal detectors. They also have metal detectors at large sporting and concert venues. So Toby Keith is gonna hafta pay his bills without my ticket money.

[Bawanna]

A wheelchair is right handy dealing with them metal detectors. Once in a great while they want to pat you down but usually they just wave you through. I mean really, what's a derelict in a wheelchair gonna do? Hmmmmm?

[berettabone]

They've got the metal detectors up for the first time this year................Summerfest and the State Fair. They didn't get my cash before, they certainly won't now. First they complain that they don't feel safe, then they complain that it takes to long to get in. They want it both ways. I hope that they have to stand in line for days. None of the vendors or set up people are checked for weapons at these venues. Was just up for the Budweiser truck and tractor pull. Didn't see any of this foolishness up nort. Someone asked my wife yesterday, if she was going to Summerfest. She told them that there's not 120,000 people she wants to hang around with.

[RWW84]

I'm planning on being at the YUM Center in Louisville for an event in the near future. It's looking like being able to legally conceal carry is not going to be an option. Does anyone have any updated information on whether everyone entering the facilities must go through the metal detectors that were apparently installed a while back?

[getsome]

I normally don't go to places that are gun free or "open season" zones but I do go some places like my Doctor which has a no gun sign on the door armed and just keep it concealed....Last year we went to the Georgia Aquarium which I knew was a gun free zone and they even made me leave my new Benchmade pocket knife with security which I thought was somewhat over kill but rather than cause a big fuss I did it but when it was time to leave they claimed to not be able to find it.....That's when I pitched a BIG fit and called the head of security and a cop to get them to look again and guess what, they located it pretty quick that time....Last trip to that place for me....Except for work I carry everywhere I go because you just never know when it might go down...

[knkali]

never understood how the N freak'n R A will not allow carry at their convention.